Today I’d like to share some ideas as to how we might live a more authentic, and authentically Jewish life – and to illustrate my points, the key ingredients will be: a lobster, a carrot and a tree. You might think that to be authentically Jewish the prime props should be a mezuzah, a tallis and a brisket. Those are all fine, but for today, a lobster – yes, a lobster, a carrot and a tree.